Politics & Policy

The bills are part of City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier’s “Defying Displacement” campaign.

The Sunday drone attack on a military base in Jordan killed the three troops and injured at least 40 others.

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee announced Wednesday that James Biden will come to Capitol Hill on Feb. 21.

The hearing comes as lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people’s lives.

Councilmembers Isaiah Thomas and Rue Landau plan to evaluate whether the city is on track to meet its 2050 goal, and how to get there faster.

Transit systems across Pennsylvania are struggling with inflation, even as ridership rebounds from the pandemic. State lawmakers are struggling to agree on funding to help.

Shapiro has been eyeing such a strategy since last year, when he told legislators during his inaugural budget address that he was “sick and tired of losing to other states.”

Thousands of low-income homeowners within city limits could get a $500 credit on their property tax bill if they qualify for a program that’s soon to expire.

The casino industry opposes the measure, while many casino workers support it.

Hundreds rallied and rode the Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail line Sunday as Gov. Josh Shapiro plans to increase transit funds.

Republicans contend Mayorkas' "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" on immigration amounts to "high crimes and misdemeanors."

They were the first U.S. fatalities in months of attacks on American forces across the Middle East by Iranian-backed militias amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Here’s a primer on where abortion policy stands in Pennsylvania.

The phrase has become the governing philosophy of the rising star in the Democratic Party.

Katherine Gilmore Richardson answered a variety of questions from users in the online forum.